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From: Shuttlesworth, Rachel
Date: Mar 3, 2014 7:39AM

The approach we are hoping to take on our campus is re-educating faculty,
staff, and students in use of Office and Acrobat in accessible ways. Who
else has already done this and would you be willing to discuss it with me?

Thanks for any ideas and advice,

Rachel

Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
Center for Instructional Technology
University of Alabama







On 03/03/14, 8:29 AM, "Bourne, Sarah (ITD)" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

Bevi said: "The accessibility problems start with the very first word
that's written in MS Word. Fix the problem there by training the document
creators. Basic training in how to use MS Word correctly solves more than
50% of the problems and makes accessibility nearly cost-free."

The problem goes back even further than that. Everybody I know (including
myself) was taught wrong, and then had to re-learn how to use Office
software. I look forward to the day that introductory courses start with
styles and not the bold and color buttons!

Sarah E. Bourne
Director of Assistive Technology
Information Technology Division
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1 Ashburton Pl. rm 1601 Boston MA 02108
617-626-4502
<EMAIL REMOVED>
http://www.mass.gov/itd